UK’s Cameron slams Israeli settler attack on Gaza-bound aid
Britain’s foreign secretary calls Monday’s attack on an aid convoy and its looting near Hebron in the occupied West Bank “appalling”.
In a post on X, David Cameron described the Israeli settlers who looted the trucks and destroyed the food supplies the vehicles were carrying before setting them on fire as “extremists”.
“Israel must hold attacks to account and do more to allow aid in,” his post read. “I will be raising my concerns with the Israeli government.”
UN says it informed Israel of vehicle that was fatally hit in Gaza
The UN says that it had informed Israeli authorities of the movements of a vehicle carrying UN staff, which was hit in southern Gaza, killing an Indian national.
UN spokesperson Rolando Gomez told a media briefing that a second UN staff member in the vehicle was wounded in the attack, adding that the two had been travelling to the European Hospital in Rafah when their vehicle was hit.
“The UN informs Israeli authorities of the movement of all of our convoys. That has been the case in any theatre of operation. This is a standard operating procedure,” Gomez said, adding it was a “clearly marked UN vehicle”.
Of course the UN did, and the IDF was supposed to improve their coordination internally after the WCK murders. But blame the victim anyway.
Israel is attacking known aid worker locations in Gaza, says HRW
Israel’s military has carried out at least eight attacks on aid workers’ convoys and premises in Gaza since October last year, even though the aid groups had provided their coordinates to Israeli authorities, according to a prominent rights group.
Human Rights Watch, in a new report, said Israeli authorities did not issue advance warnings to any of the aid organisations before the attacks, which have killed or wounded at least 31 humanitarian workers and those with them.
It said aid groups allege that a bomb used in one Israeli attack in January was US-made and was delivered by an F-16 aircraft that reportedly uses British-made components.
“Israel’s allies need to recognize that these attacks that have killed aid workers have happened over and over again, and they need to stop,” said Belkis Wille, associate director at HRW.
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